Monthly Archives: October 2010

Ten Ten Ten Ten Ten Ten

Date-time all 10’s – 10/10/2010 10:10 am. WordPress won’t give the fine control to publish this to the second, though.

Confessions of a used-book salesman.

Confessions of a used-book salesman. – By Michael Savitz – Slate Magazine. I have seen people at Library Sales scanning books. I see now what they are doing. Using an App they check Amazon to find out how much profit they can reasonably make from a book. They then can buy the book, put it […]

Forbidden Planet

Tonight on TCM they are showing Forbidden Planet, my all time favorite Science Fiction movie. The time is 8pm here in NY. Check your listings and WATCH IT!

Great Great Grandpa’s House

This house was built by my Great Great Grandfather Harvey Polhemus in Valley Cottage, NY. This is the house I want to live in.

Kids Write about Zombies…

Kids write zombie stories. Adults write zombie haikus. In response to a writer talking about his recently published zombie stories, Tyree Campbell penned this interesting little thingy: scifaiku/zombieku zombie nuns whacked fingers produce better brains ~ tyree (You have to be aware that in pre-teen culture Zombies enjoy eating brains.)

Preparing for the Coming Apocalypse

Costco will sell you a year’s worth of food to help you prepare for the Apocalypse. I am tempted. You could live a year on $2 a day. Now if they would only make a package for the cats. $799.99 after $200 OFF Shelf Reliance THRIVE™1-year Supply Dehydrated & Freeze-Dried Food 1-year Food Supply For […]

Why the internet was created

Happy high school kids in France lip sync songs from my youth. No message, no politics, just fun. I saw this on BoingBoing.net, which I read in the morning like a daily newspaper.

Critter Problems with the Heat

Cats, all seven of of them are useless when it comes to mice. They know there are occasional mice who venture into the house, but they are the worst mousers ever. They occasionally catch a bold one that jumps into their mouth, but they insist on playing with it until it escapes. Today was the […]